Rating: PG13
Genre:
Action
Theatrical Release: 02/14/2003(USA)
Release Date: 07/29/2003
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DDS/DTS
Run Time: 103 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Suitable for Teens
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
One of
Marvel Comics' most popular characters comes to the screen for the first time in this
sci-fi action-
thriller.
Matthew Murdock (
Ben Affleck) is a lawyer whose father, a prizefighter, was killed by gangsters when
Murdock was just a boy. Since then,
Murdock has devoted his life to bringing wrongdoers to justice and is willing to help others by taking on cases no other attorney will touch.
Murdock is also blind, after being struck down by a truck while trying to save a man from being hit. What no one knows is that
Murdock was also doused with an unusual radioactive isotope which had a strange effect on him -- while
Murdock's sight may be gone, his other senses have been raised to such a keen pitch that they act like radar, allowing him to tell where he's going and what happens around him, both near and far away.
Murdock puts his gifts to use at night as the costumed crime-fighter
Daredevil, whose pursuit of justice has earned him the wrath of underworld leader
Kingpin (
Michael Clarke Duncan).
Kingpin wants
Daredevil out of his way once and for all, and hires
Bullseye (
Colin Farrell), a super-assassin with an uncanny ability to throw blades, to do the job.
Daredevil also makes the acquaintance of
Elektra Natchios (
Jennifer Garner), a woman with super-heroic talents who is also on
Kingpin's bad side, though it remains to be seen if she has aligned herself with the forces of good as
Daredevil has done.
Jon Favreau,
Joe Pantoliano, and
David Keith highlight
Daredevil's supporting cast.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
